Apple Inc. is challenging the European Union's new Digital Markets Act (DMA), particularly contesting the EU's classification of its five App Stores as a single core platform service. This designation subjects the company to stringent obligations under the DMA. Apple's legal action, initiated in November 2023, argues that the European Commission has misinterpreted the nature of its App Store operations, insisting that it operates five distinct App Stores rather than one. The dispute also includes issues related to iOS interoperability and the designation of iMessage under the new NIICS rules. Meanwhile, Amazon is facing scrutiny from EU antitrust regulators regarding its $1.4 billion acquisition of iRobot, with reports indicating that Amazon has not proposed any remedies to address the EU's concerns. In another development, Alphabet Inc.'s Google has been advised by a court adviser to uphold a 2.42-billion-euro ($2.65 billion) EU antitrust fine related to its search engine operations. However, Google has received a favorable opinion from the same adviser in a separate case involving compliance with Italian regulations. In a strategic move, Google Cloud has announced the elimination of fees for customers transferring data to rival services, effective immediately, potentially pressuring competitors like Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure to follow suit.
Google says it’ll stop charging fees to transfer data out of Google Cloud https://t.co/OcfN1SDrDK
Google Cloud eliminates data transfer fees https://t.co/XyjBUqRe8t https://t.co/KgMqhyXE1e
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Google says it’ll stop charging fees to transfer data out of Google Cloud https://t.co/fjJhUKbb4D
Google Cloud removes data transfer fees when clients switch to rivals https://t.co/8Zu2c0wWee https://t.co/S596qkdeu4
Google Ends Cloud Switching Fees, Pressuring Amazon and Microsoft https://t.co/YdR8CRtXvx
Google challenges cloud rivals by making it free for customers to transfer data when they leave https://t.co/Q45VD3mhHJ
⚠️ GOOGLE CLOUD REMOVES DATA TRANSFER FEES WHEN CLIENTS SWITCH TO RIVALS (Reuters) Alphabet's Google Cloud said on Thursday its customers who want to migrate their data to another cloud provider will not have to pay any network fees to make the transfer. Many cloud providers,… https://t.co/GCrk2VlAHI
Google Cloud eliminates fees levied on customers who leave for a rival service, effective immediately, which may put pressure on AWS and Azure to do the same (@dinabass / Bloomberg) https://t.co/MPlHzn8MKT 📫 Subscribe: https://t.co/OyWeKSRpIM https://t.co/YZiVO1meNK
Google is ending fees to move data from its cloud to rival services, putting pressure on Amazon and Microsoft to do the same https://t.co/EDIVJzjh6c
Google should pay a multibillion fine in antitrust shopping case, EU court adviser says https://t.co/RoBmmlmf6l https://t.co/OrtSiHuOfg
Google's $2.7 bln EU antitrust fine should be upheld, court adviser says https://t.co/1XtnVqLknk https://t.co/RoPXrHNPXu
⚠️ EU COURT ADVISER SIDES WITH GOOGLE, AMAZON IN ITALIAN RULE SPAT (Reuters) Alphabet's Google, Amazon and Airbnb need not comply with an Italian rule requiring them to provide information on the companies as they are already subject to laws in Ireland and Luxembourg where they… https://t.co/kgGigbBDv9
More good news for @EU_Commission & @vestager : Google should lose its appeal against a landmark fine on its search engine. It’s just a legal opinion though. Final judgment awaits. /1 https://t.co/vjfvgk146C
⚠️ EU COURT SHOULD BACK GOOGLE'S $2.7 BILLION EU ANTITRUST FINE, COURT ADVISER SAYS (Reuters) Alphabet unit Google's 2.42-billion-euro ($2.65 billion) EU antitrust fine should be upheld by Europe's top court, an adviser to the court said on Thursday. The European Commission… https://t.co/WfVbJ0tTmj
⚠️ AMAZON HAS NOT OFFERED REMEDIES TO EU ANITRUST CONCERNS OVER IROBOT DEAL (Reuters) Amazon has not offered remedies to address concerns of EU antitrust regulators over its $1.4 billion acquisition of robot vacuum maker iRobot, according to an update on the European Commission… https://t.co/W8A5ejiapQ
Sources: Amazon won't offer concessions to the European Commission in a bid to garner approval for its planned $1.4B takeover of iRobot (Politico) https://t.co/k8bBO0XCED 📫 Subscribe: https://t.co/OyWeKSRpIM https://t.co/ljULlyxUOv
Scoop: Amazon skips settlement offer with European Commission for iRobot deal. w @aoifewhite101 https://t.co/HewOuJNcx9
Apple challenges EU tech rules in court, including the Digital Markets Act (DMA), arguing misinterpretation. https://t.co/2qHlT7Z8jj
Apple wants to change the way the EU is counting the App Stores – instead of a single platform service, the Cupertino giant wants to convince folks on the old continent that actually, it runs five distinct App Stores. https://t.co/IZwllsT3vT
Apple tells EU it has five different App Stores, not just one https://t.co/Ng93cqJPlO by @benlovejoy
In a November 2023 appeal, Apple objected to EU's DMA designation of all App Stores as a single service, iOS interoperability, and iMessage NIICS designation (@fooyunchee / Reuters) https://t.co/e5NALAY0UE 📫 Subscribe: https://t.co/OyWeKSRpIM https://t.co/XUywLe5rmU
Apple insists to EU antitrust regulators that it runs five App Stores, not one https://t.co/wrz57LfV5d #Apple
Apple challenges EU designation of App Stores and iMessage in Digital Markets Act dispute Ad free article: https://t.co/mUstXi4I9w Original source: https://t.co/joKqBcQ7wi ------- Apple has taken legal action against the European Commission (EC), contesting the application of… https://t.co/rBrxn3DdKQ
Apple's November challenge against the EU's Digital Markets Act says the European Commission got it wrong by saying there's only one App Store, when there's actually five. By @MalcolmOwen https://t.co/UD5x2JCxky
Apple appeals after EU’s tough new DMA rules target App Store https://t.co/2zfaox9WKk
Apple disputes EU rules labelling its 5 App Stores as one service https://t.co/GKreg6H8sL https://t.co/hTr8YjT0V1
⚠️ APPLE DISPUTES EU RULES LABELLING ITS 5 APP STORES AS ONE SERVICE (Reuters) Apple has challenged EU tech rules designating its five App Stores as a single core platform service subject to onerous obligations, saying that EU regulators have misinterpreted and misapplied the… https://t.co/5NpYL6H4Vf